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2020 Multimodal and Transit Summit

– Recorded Sessions – Sponsors – Book Club – Walk Audit Training – Safe Routes Bike Tour – Reimagine Main Street

Summit Flyer, low resolution version — **ESSENTIAL MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION, WE ARE BUILDING A RECOVERY**

Virtual Summit – The Nov 23rd summit was online to keep presenters and participants safe. All of the online sessions were recorded and available for remote viewing.

As we recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, we are working together to ensure that our transportation systems and development are more sustainable, resilient and equitable.

The 2020 Summit was Nov 23rd from 11:00 am to 7:30 pm EST. The schedule included both daytime and evening sessions to reach transportation professionals, while also reaching non-professionals that we need to keep informed and engaged to move multimodal topics into daily conversations, policy changes, and state legislation. Multimodal transportation builds connections and increases mobility while preserving a world to pass on to future generations.

The annual Summit brought together local leaders, state legislators, transportation professionals, planners, engineers, construction firms, developers, students, and passionate citizen advocates to discuss the current state, known challenges, and the best future for the region’s transportation system. The Summit included APA, ITE, and CCMO professional development credits to keep planners, civil and transportation engineers, and municipal staff well informed and certified.

Contact Tony Cherolis (or call 860-247-3227 ext 20) if you have questions.

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Nov 23rd, KEYNOTE – Pathways to Mobility Justice: the Middle, the Margins, and Beyond

Summit Opening Remarks and Keynote Speakers Recording – CLICK HERE

Connecticut US Senator Chris Murphy
Lynn Stoddard, Director of Sustainable CT and the Institute of Sustainable Energy at Eastern Connecticut State University
Nick Sifuentes, Executive Director of the Tri-State Transportation Campaign
Garrett Eucalitto, CT DOT Deputy Commissioner

The summit keynote featured both Dr. Adonia Lugo and Angie Schmitt, and was moderated by Dr. Destiny Thomas. Both Adonia and Angie have recent books that were featured in a pre-summit book club discussion.

(Keynote Moderator) Dr. Destiny Thomas – Dr. Thomas is a change agent and an anthropologist planner. She is the founder and CEO of Thrivance Group and was recently featured on Good Morning America for her leadership in the urban planning sector. At Thrivance Group, Dr. Thomas works to bring transformative justice into public policy, urban planning and community development. With over 15 years of experience shaping key policy initiatives, Dr. Thomas believes race, place, and joy define individual and community outcomes.

Dr. Adonia Lugo – Cultural anthropologist Adonia E. Lugo, PhD is the chair of the Urban Sustainability Department at Antioch University Los Angeles. Dr. Lugo began investigating sustainable infrastructure during her graduate studies at UC Irvine, when she co-created CicLAvia in Los Angeles. After receiving her doctorate in 2013, she worked at the League of American Bicyclists in Washington, D.C. as a national leader in building better “human infrastructure.” Today, Dr. Lugo looks for ways to bring her racial justice expertise from the field of bicycle advocacy into equitable and sustainable mobility at large. In addition to her role as an educator, Dr. Lugo is involved in a number of projects designed to expand support for mobility justice as a core organizer of The Untokening and the manager of the Bike Equity Network email list.

Angie Schmitt – Angie is one of the country’s best known writers on the topic of sustainable transportation. She was the long time national editor at Streetsblog. Her writing and commentary have appeared in the New York Times, The Atlantic and NPR. She is the founder of the new firm 3MPH Planning and Consulting, a small Cleveland-based firm which is focused on pedestrian safety. Her book Right of Way: Race, Class and the Silent Epidemic of Pedestrian Deaths in America was published in August by Island Press.

Nov 23rd, Summit Sessions and Topics

Detailed List of Summit Sessions with Speakers & Bios (CLICK HERE)

APA CM Credits – 7.75 hours of planner certification maintenance credits were available
ITE Credits – 4.5 PDH hours were available for civil and transportation engineers. Qualifying sessions noted with a red ‘ITE’ in the schedule. To claim your ITE credits follow this link. Any questions, email Eunice Thoya.
CCMO Credits – CCMO Community Development, 3 credits for CT Conference of Municipality Members attending the full summit. Questions? Contact Abby Heinemeyer.

Recorded Summit Sessions:

Opening Remarks and Keynote – Pathways to Mobility Justice: the Middle, the Margins, and Beyond
Moving Through the Pandemic – Micromobility Solutions
TRACK A – Public Transit – Pandemic Response and Safe Practices
TRACK A – The Future of Bus Transit and BRT
TRACK A – Fighting for Transit in the COVID Era: Strategies and Lessons Learned (recording), and Session Slides
TRACK B – New and Existing Greenways, and the Benefits During COVID,
- CT Trail Census Slides, Laura Brown
- Central Connecticut Loop Trail Slides, John Hall
TRACK B – Complete Streets, Art in the Streets, and Vision Zero
- New Haven, What Will it Take to Prioritize Safety (slides)
- Hartford Crashes, Interactive Heatmap (slides)
TRACK B – Clean Transportation for Rural Communities
TRACK C – Build Back Better: Cap-and-Invest in Sustainable Transportation
TRACK C – Responding to the Needs of the Post-COVID Commuter
TRACK C – The Road to Clean Air: A Nationwide Transition to Electric Vehicles
TRACK D – Equitable Development is Sustainable Development: Desegregating Connecticut
TRACK D – Turning Vacant Lots and Crumbling Buildings into Transit Oriented Development
Original Music Videos – Shown during the Summit intro and breaks – Follow / subscribe to the YouTube channel to see when additional videos are uploaded
Nov 17th – How to Do A Walk Audit Training
Summit Closing Video and Calls to Action
1. CT Transportation Future Survey – Help shape post pandemic sustainable transportation and development priorities.
2. Support a pilot e-bike rebate program with emails to CT DEEP and the CT Legislative Transportation Committee.
3. Cap-and-Invest Transportation and Climate Initiative – Learn more about it
4. Live or work in Connecticut (or CT curious)? Join the Transport Hartford Facebook discussion group

Take the Post Summit Survey – CLICK HERE

Summit Related Articles

Nov 16th, Bike/Walk Book Club Discussion

(FREE) Online Book Club Discussion – Monday, Nov 16th. There was a virtual book club discussing the two important books by the summit keynote speakers. The spectacular LB Muñoz facilitated the discussion.

For those that love libraries, here are your local options. You can also request that your favorite local library pick up both of these books.

Hartford Public Library (paper copies + e-books)
New Haven Free Public Library (paper copies + e-books)
East Hartford Public Library (paper copies)
Bloomfield Public Library (paper copies at both locations)

Nov 17th, Walk/Bike Audit How to Training

Transport Hartford partnered with Sustainable CT and the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities for a (FREE) how to training on hosting, completing, and documenting an effective walk and bike audit. We all deserve safe and walkable, bike-friendly streets in our communities!

From the Nov 17th Online Training:

RECORDING: Promoting Walkability in Your Community
PRESENTATION: Promoting Walkability in Your Community
EXAMPLE WALK AUDIT REPORTS: Hartford Metro Audits organized by Transport Hartford

APA CM Credits – 1.5 hours of planner certification maintenance credits were available for this online training.

CCMO Credits – CCMO Community Development, up to three (3) Credits for CT Conference of Municipality Members. Any questions, contact Abby Heinemeyer.

Nov 19th, Complete Streets Planning in Action, Hartford

Thursday, Nov 19th – As part of the Reimagining Main Street Project the City of Hartford held two online, virtual public meetings to present the design concept for Main Street from Wyllys Street to Asylum Street. Both meetings were well attended.

Post meeting article – $10M proposal to transform Main Street in downtown Hartford includes roundabout, bike lanes, street trees

If you have any questions, send an email to Sandra.fry@hartford.gov.

Nov 21st, Safe Routes for All Bike Tour

On Saturday, November 21st Go New Haven Go led a (FREE) bicycle ride that started at Union Station in New Haven, CT and visited the six ‘Safe Routes for All’ deployments installed in New Haven in the Fall of 2019. For anyone looking to Do-It-Yourself and ride this route solo, here is the route link.

Free lunch was sponsored by New Haven Coalition for Active Transportation (NHCAT) and Park New Haven.